Worry accomplishes...?

"And who of you by worrying and being anxious can add one unit of measure to his stature or to the span of his life?" Matthew 6:27. The answer is no one, but we can shorten our life span for sure if we continue to make worry a habit. Instead of worrying we need to be more dependent on the Lord to provide, instead of getting caught up in the works of the flesh. The problem with worry is that it causes us to start saying things like: 'What are we going to have for dinner? What shall I wear?', in other words 'What are we going to do if God doesn't come through for us?' We begin to fret and fuss with the words that we use. Instead of calming our fears and worries, it just makes them deeply ingrained. We need to act more like we know we have a heavenly Father. Unbelievers may not know how to rely on Him but we should. Jesus assures us that our Father knows all the things we need to know before we ask Him, so there is no need for us to worry. Instead, we need to focus our attention on more important things - the things of God. However, too often we spend all our time seeking God for answers to our problems and worries when what we should be doing is just seeking God. As long as we are seeking God, we are in the 'secret place', under the shadow of His wing. But when we start seeking answers to all the worries that confront us, trying to fulfil our desires rather than God's will, we get out from under the shadow of His wing. Just keep seeking and abiding in God and you will grow. We can never experience any real measure of success by our own human effort. Instead we must first seek the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, then we will get what we need from the Lord. In Philippians 4 the apostle Paul tells us in essence, 'Pray and don't worry'. When we pray and give our problems to God, that is a sign to God that we are trusting Him. If we take our concerns to God in prayer but still continue to worry, we are mixing a positive and a negative force together. Prayer is positive. Worry is negative. Make the decision to stay in the positive by always trusting God and refusing to worry.